Web Info to help you with your web project

Getting the project to me (new)Do not follow the
proceedure in the video for getting the project to me, follow the instructions
at the bottom of the page for emailing the project!

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The project will be in the form of a web page on a topic in physics that
you find interesting and we agree on together. These topics could include biographies
of important scientists, scientific projects and scientific ideas. They
will be graded both for presentation and content. More details will be discussed
in class. Below are some of the requirements and ideas to help you with the project.

Requirements

Make sure you have multiple references that you have used (at least 5) and
they are included in the bibliography.

At least one of your references must be for a source other then the web (ie
a book or journal).

All figures taken from outside sources (the web or books or
journals) must have a citation included with the picture!

Think about the readability of the pages.

Length should be 4-10 "web pages" (plus title page and bibliography)...though
this is not a hard and fast rule.

Content and presentation will be graded.

Some of your classmates have knowledge on how set up/ format your pages, they
might agree to help you if asked nicely :)

Note: You should have all the materials together before you ask
them for assistance.

Some things to keep in mind

Organization:

Title page with your name, class name, date and link to the rest of the
material (at least) ( mandatory)

Nice formatting is good ...over use of formatting (many colors, flashing
words etc can be distracting)

Content presentation

Organize your ideas (outline and or flowchart)

What is you main point?

Simple understandable explanations (try them out on someone who does not
know what you are talking about....do they understand your points...if not
try again)

Good figures/pictures are worth thousands of words

Be critical (ie understand and state the weaknesses in your topic or explanation
(ie was the cow assumed to be spherical?)

Collecting content

Don't use spaces or funny characters in your file names

Put all your files in one directory (this is to make sure relative addressing
works) and name it firstname_lastname (using your first and
last name!)

Give your first page an obvious name (like firstpage.html or intro.html
or slide1.html) or tell me which is the first page so I do not need to look
through them all.

If you use the world wide web as an information source, do so critically.
While there is much good information available there is also tons of bad information
out there. Just because it's in writing does not mean it's true. So think
about what you read.

Just as reporters do, try to have more then one source (actually, for me
you must have at least five sources).

Remember to put the content in your own words...if you do not put it
in your own words it is a quote...if you do not treat it as a quote it is
plagiarism and that is a big no no.

As you collect your information, write down the sources as you go ...otherwise
you will forget and re finding the source might not be easy.

Finally, compress this directory (preferably using zip). This will be your project archive that up will upload.

When you have finished - Getting your project to me (NEW). Follow the instructions here